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Light microscopy of microsporidian spores and baculovirus occlusion bodies in Epinotia aporema and Helicoverpa gelotopoeon larval tissues, respectively
- Source :
- Revista Argentina de Microbiología 48 (4) : 358-359, INTA Digital (INTA), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, instacron:INTA
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Entomopathogens help regulate natural insect populations, and their use in pest management is the subject of active research. Classical and molecular techniques are currently available to elucidate disease etiology and pathogenesis. Here, we performed an Azan trichrome stain for light microscopic visualization of pathogens in the larval tissues of two Neotropical lepidopterans. Epinotia aporema larvae exhibiting symptoms of microsporidiosis were fortuitously detected in a rearing facility (IMyZA-INTA, Argentina), while Helicoverpa gelotopoeon specimens were experimentally infected with an Argentinean isolate of Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV). Caterpillars were fixed in Duboscq-Brasil and paraffin embedded. Microtome sections (5 μm-thick) were deparaffinized and stained2 for observation under a Nikon Eclipse 80i microscope equipped with a Nikon DS-U3 digital camera. Inst. de Microbiología y Zoología Agrícola IMyZA Fil: Arneodo Larochette, Joel Demian. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Microbiología y Zoología Agrícola; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Taibo, Catalina Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Servicio de Microscopía; Argentina Fil: Sciocco, Alicia Ines. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Microbiología y Zoología Agrícola; Argentina
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical)
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Moths
Epinotia aporema
Microbiology
Inclusion bodies
Inclusion Bodies, Viral
Microscopia
03 medical and health sciences
Nosema
Microscopy
medicine
Animals
Plagas de plantas
Larva
biology
Staining and Labeling
Epinotia
General Medicine
Spores, Fungal
biology.organism_classification
Pest of Plants
Entomopatógenos
Nucleopolyhedroviruses
Spore
030104 developmental biology
Organ Specificity
Helicoverpa
Helicoverpa gelotopoeon
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Revista Argentina de Microbiología 48 (4) : 358-359, INTA Digital (INTA), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, instacron:INTA
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d6021883a70895e4d526ceda65edce5c